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《About Love》 S1·E5 (23:33) HSK 4
lián wǒ men zhè ér de shí xí shēng dōu kàn dé chū lái

连我们这儿的实习生都看得出来

“Even our interns could tell at a glance.”

《About Love》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 23:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn shì nǐ gāng gāng wèi shén me bù zhí jiē shuō pò ne

“But why didn't you say it straight out earlier?”

lián wǒ men zhè ér de shí xí shēng dōu kàn dé chū lái CURRENT FOCUS

连 我们这儿 的实习生都 看得出来

“Even our interns could tell at a glance.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā nà bāo de féng xiàn gēn tàng yìn

她那包的缝线跟烫印

“The stitching and heat stamping on her bag...”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EMPHASIZING OBVIOUSNESS
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It was so painfully obvious that literally anyone with eyes could tell.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face (Mianzi)

The previous speaker asked why the speaker didn't call the person out publicly; in Chinese interpersonal dynamics, calling out a fake in public strips away face (mianzi), even if everyone already knows the truth.

INTENT TAGS: #belittling #justification #emphasis #gossiping
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
连……都看得出来 SPOKEN CHUNK

even ... can tell / notice

A common rhetorical pattern used to emphasize that something is unmistakable or blazingly evident.

实习生 SPOKEN CHUNK

intern

Standard workplace term used for temporary trainees or interns.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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